Senior Paralegal – GSC – US

Sysco • Houston, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Paralegal reviews, drafts, and negotiates routine commercial agreements—including non-disclosure agreements and hold harmless agreements—using approved templates, playbooks, and escalation guidelines. This role is a first point of contact for routine contract requests and leads the design, development, testing, and improvement of AI-powered solutions to accelerate and improve routine contract intake, triage, review, and redlining. The Senior Paralegal works closely with attorneys in the Commercial & Transactions organization, partners with internal business clients, and supports other legal projects and administrative duties as assigned.

This is a hybrid position based at Sysco’s Global Support Center/Corporate Office in Houston, Texas, with an on-site presence of three to four days per week. The number of on-site days may increase based on business needs. Travel may be up to 25%.

Requirements

• A BA/BS or an associate degree in Paralegal Studies or an equivalent field.
• Five or more years of paralegal or contracts experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or corporate/business environment, including substantial experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Demonstrated hands-on fluency using legal AI and generative AI tools in day-to-day legal work, such as AI-assisted contract review, drafting, and prompt design.
• Paralegal certification.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, attention to detail, and experience in record keeping and management.
• Ability to collaborate, manage multiple time-sensitive projects efficiently, solve problems, meet aggressive deadlines, and work with minimal supervision.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, including tracked changes and document comparison, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Copilot, and contract management/e-signature systems.
• Ability to recognize when an issue falls outside established playbooks and requires attorney review, and to validate AI-generated output for accuracy before relying on it.
• Strong client service focus and sound legal drafting, editing, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build strong internal and external relationships and provide practical, timely, and reliable assistance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building AI-enabled workflows, agents, or automations for legal or contracting processes.
• A creative, builder mindset; curiosity about emerging legal technology; and a track record of identifying and improving or automating manual or repetitive processes.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate routine commercial agreements using approved templates, playbooks, and fallback positions.
• Manage intake and triage of routine contract requests, identify non-standard or higher-risk terms, and escalate issues to the appropriate attorney.
• Design, build, test, and continuously improve AI-powered tools and workflows for routine contract intake, triage, first-pass review, and redlining.
• Maintain and improve contract templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and fallback positions, including formats suitable for legal AI tools.
• Track contract request volumes and turnaround times and report on the impact of process and technology improvements.
• Partner with internal business clients to explain standard positions, coordinate execution, and maintain executed agreements in the appropriate contract repository.
• Support other legal projects and administrative matters for the Commercial & Transactions organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior